Is snd_via82c686.ko causing a system hang on 5.3-BETA7?

Daniel O'Connor doconnor at gsoft.com.au
Tue Oct 12 18:05:02 PDT 2004


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:17, Jesper Wallin wrote:
> As everyone else, I can't wait to run 5.3-STABLE, so I decided to install
> the BETA7, in order to get my sound working without compiling my kernel, I
> simply loaded the /boot/kernel/snd_via82c686.ko module as well as the
> /boot/kernel/sound.ko module.. Sure, I got sound and they work flawless,
> then, when I tried to unload them, I did a simple "kldunload snd_via82c686"
> and I get an error that the device is busy even if I'm not using it, then
> if I try again, the whole system hangs.. Can anyone else who uses that
> driver test this for me to make sure it's not my hardware.

Unloading the sound drivers can be Bad News (tm) :(
Stop doing it and the pain will go away ;)

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